The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-02-11

on time at night,
Speaker Webster is said to make 8
good presiding officer, eVidencing firm.
ness, fairness and ability.
Representative Ewart has made quite
a reputation in his championship of the
Railway Commission bill.
Judge James Merimon's new house on
the south end OF French Broad Avenue
will prove to be one of the neatest and
most substantiaFhouses in town. 1t is
in the center of a four-acre oak grove.
We were pleased to meet in our
Office yesterday Solicitor Brown, oi
the 10th District, who is en- route to
Hendersonville Court, which con-
venes on Monday.
The Spring term of the Hender.
sonville Court, Judge McRae presid.
ing. will convene Monday. We learn
the State docket is quite heavy en-
bracing one case of manslaughter.
The convention of the State Guard
held in Raleigh Tuesday memoralized
the Legislature, and the legislation ask.
ed for, for the State Guard, received q
favorable report of the military commit
tees of both Houses.
Mr. Il. Harkins yesterday bought from
Messrs. Wsddell and GwyH one of the
buildings constituting the old Eagle
Hotel property-that portion adjoining
the Express Office. We understand
5000 was the consideration:
Gen. Johnstone Jones returned from
Raleigh last night. He sayF th2t there
is now no danger ofany unwise lsgisla'
ton growing out of the complicated con.
dition of affairs, sand he hopes many
good measures will succeed in being
passed.
A brakeman, white, was hurt at Bal
som depot on the incoming trSip FROM
the West yesterday afternoon, having
been caught between two cars. No seri-
GUS injury was sustained, however, as
was feared, and the man was able to go
on duty again before reaching Ashe-
vile.
ME. 2. N, Deaver is at home for few
days. He 10 spending the winter in
Washington City with his soF-iH-law
Mr.. w. E. Logan, conduct the
hotel on 10th street, 5lS Northwest,
which hotel belongs to Mr.. Deaver and
is run ON the European plan. Mr.. Dea-
yer is largely patronized by North Caro-
linians Hopping in Washington. He
says he furnishes on aR average 800
meals day.
We had the pleasure of a call
yesterday from Mr.. M. C. McDon-
aid, of Chicago, more Familiarity
known as a POLITICIAN bearing the
cognomen of Mike Mcdonald,
whose family has been stopping
for some time past at the Battery
Park Hotel. Mr.. Mcdonald is well
pleased with o4E section, and his
family will probably remain hare
throughout the winter.
Much iaterest is felt here in the ap-
pOintment ofa me4beT Of the Supreme
Court to fill the vacancy oceasioael by
the death of the late Judge Ashe. 1t ia
understood that the Hon. Joseph ]. Da-
Wis, Of Franklin, will probably be named,
though the name of our townsman,
Capt M. E. Carter. was most favoTably
considered by Gov. Scales. There is not
a puFeF upaQ iE North Carolina than Mr..
Davis, but We had hoped thSt the mantle
would fall on the shoulders Of Capt. Car.
ter.
We have good reason to believe,
from what we haye heard, that the
engineers who recently vent over
the route between here and Ruth
erfordton with the view of seeing
the possibility and practicability Of
completing the Carolina Central
Road to this place will report favor.
ably to the officials of the road, and
we hope will urge the road being
built to Asheville. Should the au'
thorities of the road decide to come
here we know they will expect, and
we believe they will receive, mate
rial aid from the section they will
traverse as we'll as from Asheville
as the cost of building this exten
sion across the Blue Ridge will bC
heavy.